Writer/director Toshiki Okada and his chelfitsch Theater Company (Japan) -- Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner, and The Farewell Speech at Under The Radar Festival at Japan Society (January 5-14)

Marc Bamuthi Joseph/The Living Word Project -- Word Becomes Flesh at Under The Radar Festival at The Public Theater (January 5-15). Special mention: B. Yung

Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods & EIRA -- New York premiere of Blessed -- at New York Live Arts (January 12-14). Created and performed by Francisco Camacho, Abraham Hurtado and Kotomi Nishiwaki; music by Hanh Rowe; installation by Doris Dziersk.

Labyrinth Within, film directed by Pontus Lidberg, written by Lidberg with Niklas Holmgren, starring Wendy Whelan, Pontus Lidberg and Giovanni Bucchieri, with music by David Lang. Screened at Baryshnikov Arts Center, February 21

Derick K. Grant, Michelle Dorrance and Brenda Bufalino at Writing on Tap seminar, co-produced by Collective for Dance Writing and New Media and American Tap Dance Foundation, June 23 (photo by Eva Yaa Asantewaa)

Voices of Strength (program A) at New York Live Arts, curated by Cathy Zimmerman of MAPP International Productions. Choreography and performance by Nelisiwe Xaba (South Africa), Ketty Noël (Haitian-born, living in Mali) and Nadia Beugré (Cote d’Ivoire)

Philadanco at The Joyce Theater, October 2-7, including performance of Gatekeepers (1999) choreographed by Ronald K. Brown and Wake Up (2012) choreographed by Rennie Harris; performance of Roxanne Lyst in Moan by Matthew Rushing

Thibault Lac in Trajal Harrell's Judson Church is Ringing in Harlem (Made-to-Measure)/Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church (M2M), part of PLATFORM 2012: Judson Now, Danspace Project, October 11-13. Costumes by Complexgeometries

At The Bessie Awards at The Apollo Theater with Dale Amanda O'Reilly, October 15 (photo by Donna Mason)

The Robert Glasper Experiment at Harlem Stage Gatehouse in Robert Glasper: Songs in The Key of Life (including singers Lalah Hathaway, Eric Roberson and Stokley), December 13-14

Christian Marclay's The Clock at MoMA, December 21 through January 21

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It has been a notably challenging year for me, as for so many others, but not without its precious rewards--including so many opportunities to learn from and enjoy the work of talented artists. I am continuously blessed.